In the spirit of the Law of Attraction, I would like to develop the image of the radio 'tuning' reality.

The universe is the reality, the 'totality', and our brain (thought) acts very much like a radio which 'tunes' a specific, very limited, 'channel' of this reality to make it 'my' world ... a very personal, narrow, limited world among so many other possibilities (channels) ... and each brain tunes its own limited world, its own limited 'perspective' of the universe, its own 'reality' ... and the personal channel we choose is the music we hear, the world we live in ... and each person lives in a different personal world he creates (or 'tunes') with his own brain ... and the number of 'channels' in the universe are infinite ... we chose to 'tune' one particular channel ...

Well not exactly a 'choice' in fact, as the radio was 'preset' at our birth ...

I would say the challenge of life is to learn to use the radio 'tuner' to change the channels ... or even at times set the radio 'off' and enjoy the silence

We are not the radio ... we are what hears the music ... or what enjoys the silence ...

"What irritates us about others is an opportunity to learn on ourselves"
(Carl Jung)

rachMiel wrote:> I would say the challenge of life is to learn to use the radio 'tuner' to change the channels ... or even at times set the radio 'off' and enjoy the silence.

A bigger challenge might be to understand that radio/reception is a metaphor, drop it, and simply be. Non M. Phil?

What I find interesting in this 'metaphor' is that we are the creator and the 'projector' of our own reality ... so many people always complain about 'others' and society, what 'should be' and what 'should not be' etc. and they do not realize their personal responsibility in their own life ... they do not know what they attract themselves by their irresponsible thoughts and negativity ...

It could maybe be helpful then to remember this 'metaphor' when one faces difficult times ?

What say you ?

"What irritates us about others is an opportunity to learn on ourselves"
(Carl Jung)

Being aware of the metaphor of the radio frequency we are tuned into and how this is but one frequency in an infinite spectrum frees us from mistaking the metaphor for reality. And, as you said, it also opens us to other frequencies. Empathy and compassion can come from this, along with understanding.

rachMiel wrote:
Being aware of the metaphor of the radio frequency we are tuned into and how this is but one frequency in an infinite spectrum frees us from mistaking the metaphor for reality. And, as you said, it also opens us to other frequencies. Empathy and compassion can come from this, along with understanding.

So what are we going to do to tune-in the right frequency ?

??

But first of all what is the right frequency exactly ?

"What irritates us about others is an opportunity to learn on ourselves"
(Carl Jung)

There is an "I" construct -- fashioned of thought, feelings, memory, conditioning -- that arises from a particular body-mind.

And though this I construct is essentially quite like a mirage that arises from desert heat (to borrow your metaphor), it is under the impression that it is real, a concrete existent, a body-mind entity separate from all other body-mind entities and objects in the world.

rachMiel wrote:
And though this I construct is essentially quite like a mirage that arises from desert heat (to borrow your metaphor), it is under the impression that it is real, a concrete existent, a body-mind entity separate from all other body-mind entities and objects in the world.

Yes but the seeing of the illusion is the ending of the illusion ...

"What irritates us about others is an opportunity to learn on ourselves"
(Carl Jung)

Seeing the I construct for what it is, a compelling story born of memory and desire, ends its influence temporarily, until the seeing stops.

To end the I construct forever, so that it no longer can ever influence the body-mind, one must see it, understand it VERY deeply. So deeply that this seeing continues in the unconscious mind, becomes part of the fabric of our being.

Caveat emptor: Not having ended my I construct forever, I'm conjecturing here. It's a best guess.